Here's a macro I posted a while back that colors a chart series based on
the series name.

http://www.google.com/groups?selm=uB...%40tkmsftngp09

You could even make a table in the worksheet, listing the series names,
then filling each cell with the color you want for that series. Instead
of the select case, the macro would find the cell with the series name,
then apply the cell's interior color to the series' back color. This is
easier than having to learn what colorindex refers to the pale yellow
shade....

- Jon
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Smmiles wrote:

Hello: 'Looking for your brilliance and creativity again~ I have
recently created some area charts showing data per project. I have 3
separate charts showing different data sets for many projects. Each
chart contains some subset of the entire set of projects. Each of
the 3 subsets is different.

Objective: color coordinate the areas (projects) so that I can use
any combination of series on any given chart and preserve the color
coordination of the projects. (Projects define columns, dates define
rows).

Example: Project A is a light green radient. It has a series on
Chart A and Chart B, but not Chart C. I would like to be able to add
it to C (using John Peltier's "interactive charting by checkbox) and
retain its light green radient colored area. If adding any new series
to Chart A (inserting a column of data to the left of Project's A
series), I want Project A series to remain light green radiant. I
have created a custom chart type w/ my area color scheme, but these
colors are not fixed to the specific data series, but are fixed to
the series array. The project columns will / may move around, so
Project A will not always be the first element in the series array.

Your help will result in some very nifty charting (and I think
someone should publish the code somewhere out there).